1eeR: No coach, we work 14 to 16 hours a day

PRIVATE finished fourth at 1win Private Club Season 2, played in Belgrade. The team was eliminated by The MongolZ in the lower bracket final. The Russian squad, which entered the tournament as the lowest seed, picked up notable wins over Alliance and fnatic.

The core of the roster previously played for RUBY and came together under the PRIVATE banner less than two months ago. The team is led by Nemiga's former captain Aliaksandr "1eeR" Nahorny. The squad aims to become one of the new Russian rosters climbing the VRS rankings.

In an interview with HLTV, 1eeR said: "We don't have a coach right now, so I do all the work myself. Without exaggerating, we worked 14 to 16 hours a day." He explained that he spent a long time passing his understanding of the game on to the players, building shared reactions to situations on the map and settling clutch plans.

1eeR said he was not fully satisfied with the result, but considering the past month and a half, he found the performance partly satisfactory. The team first played as a mix and won a small LAN. He said he had prioritized offers that might come from other teams, but nothing came of them, and that his goals line up with those of the organization's owner, Igor.

1eeR said that while building the roster he suggested to CEO Marat that they bring H4SAN4TOR back, and that after Nuclear TigeRES moved Timur "z1ka" to the bench, they added that player to the team as well.